[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1255 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1255

 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for national 
    security programs for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 16 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

  Mr. Nunn (for himself and Mr. Thurmond) (by request) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for national 
    security programs for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy National 
Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994''.

         Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations

SEC. 101. WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Operating Expenses.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for operating expenses 
incurred in carrying out weapons activities necessary for national 
security programs in the amount of $3,768,954,000, to be allocated as 
follows:
            (1) For research and development, $1,119,325,000.
            (2) For testing, $428,383,000.
            (3) For stockpile support, $1,802,280,000.
            (4) For program direction, $280,466,000.
            (5) For complex reconfiguration, $138,500,000.
    (b) Plant Projects.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for plant projects (including 
maintenance, restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, 
modification of facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized 
in prior years, and land acquisition related thereto) that are 
necessary for national security programs and are associated with 
weapons activities as follows:
            Project GPD-101, general plant projects, various locations, 
        $16,500,000.
            Project GPD-121, general plant projects, various locations, 
        $7,700,000.
            Project 94-D-102, nuclear weapons research, development, 
        and testing facilities revitalization, Phase V, various 
        locations, $11,110,000.
            Project 94-D-124, hydrogen fluoride supply system, Oak 
        Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $5,000,000.
            Project 94-D-125, upgrade life safety, Kansas City Plant, 
        Kansas City, Missouri, $1,000,000.
            Project 94-D-127, emergency notification system, Pantex 
        Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $1,000,000.
            Project 94-D-128, environmental safety and health 
        analytical laboratory, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $800,000.
            Project 93-D-102, Nevada support facility, North Las Vegas, 
        Nevada, $4,000,000.
            Project 93-D-122, life safety upgrades, Y-12 Plant, Oak 
        Ridge, Tennessee, $5,000,000.
            Project 93-D-123, complex-21, various locations, 
        $25,000,000.
            Project 92-D-102, nuclear weapons research, development, 
        and testing facilities revitalization, Phase IV, various 
        locations, $27,479,000.
            Project 92-D-126, replace emergency notification systems, 
        various locations, $10,500,000.
            Project 90-D-102, nuclear weapons research, development, 
        and testing facilities revitalization, Phase III, various 
        locations, $30,805,000.
            Project 88-D-106, nuclear weapons research, development, 
        and testing facilities revitalization, Phase II, various 
        locations, $39,624,000.
            Project 88-D-122, facilities capability assurance program, 
        various locations, $27,100,000.
            Project 88-D-123, security enhancements, Pantex Plant, 
        Amarillo, Texas, $20,000,000.
    (c) Capital Equipment.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for capital equipment not 
related to construction for weapons activities necessary for national 
security programs in the amount of $123,034,000, to be allocated as 
follows:
            (1) For research and development, $82,879,000.
            (2) For testing, $24,400,000.
            (3) For stockpile support, $12,136,000.
            (4) For program direction, $3,619,000.
    (d) Adjustments.--The total amount authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to this section is the sum of the amounts specified in 
subsections (a) through (c) reduced by $353,641,000 for use of prior 
year balances.

SEC. 102. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Operating Expenses.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for operating expenses 
incurred in carrying out environmental restoration and waste management 
activities necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
$4,832,213,000, to be allocated as follows:
            (1) For corrective activities, $2,170,000.
            (2) For environmental restoration, $1,536,027,000.
            (3) For waste management, $2,275,441,000.
            (4) For technology development, $371,150,000.
            (5) For transportation management, $19,730,000.
            (6) For program direction, $82,427,000.
            (7) For facility transition, $545,268,000.
    (b) Plant Projects.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for plant projects (including 
maintenance, restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, 
modification of facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized 
in prior years, and land acquisition related thereto) that are 
necessary for national security programs and are associated with 
environmental restoration and waste management activities as follows:
            Project GPD-171, general plant projects, various locations, 
        $49,015,000.
            Project 94-D-122, underground storage tanks, Rocky Flats, 
        Colorado, $700,000.
            Project 94-D-400, high explosive wastewater treatment 
        system, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 
        $1,000,000.
            Project 94-D-401, emergency response facility, Idaho 
        National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $1,190,000.
            Project 94-D-402, liquid waste treatment system, Nevada 
        Test Site, Nevada, $491,000.
            Project 94-D-404, Melton Valley storage tank capacity 
        increase, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
        $9,400,000.
            Project 94-D-405, central neutralization facility pipeline 
        extension project, K-25, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,714,000.
            Project 94-D-406, low-level waste disposal facilities, K-
        25, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $6,000,000.
            Project 94-D-407, initial tank retrieval systems, Richland, 
        Washington, $7,000,000.
            Project 94-D-408, office facilities-200 East, Richland, 
        Washington, $1,200,000.
            Project 94-D-411, solid waste operation complex, Richland, 
        Washington, $7,100,000.
            Project 94-D-412, 300 area process sewer piping upgrade, 
        Richland, Washington, $1,100,000.
            Project 94-D-414, site 300 explosive waste storage 
        facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
        California, $370,000.
            Project 94-D-415, medical facilities, Idaho National 
        Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $1,110,000.
            Project 94-D-416, solvent storage tanks installation, 
        Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,500,000.
            Project 94-D-417, intermediate level and low activity waste 
        vaults, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $1,000,000.
            Project 94-D-451, infrastructure replacement, Rocky Flats 
        Plant, Golden, Colorado, $6,600,000.
            Project 93-D-172, electrical upgrade, Idaho National 
        Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $9,600,000.
            Project 93-D-174, plant drain waste water treatment 
        upgrades, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $3,500,000.
            Project 93-D-175, industrial waste compaction facility, Y-
        12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,800,000.
            Project 93-D-176, Oak Ridge reservation storage facility, 
        Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $6,039,000.
            Project 93-D-177, disposal of K-1515 sanitary water 
        treatment plant waste, K-25, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $7,100,000.
            Project 93-D-178, building 374 liquid waste treatment 
        facility, Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado, $1,000,000.
            Project 93-D-181, radioactive liquid waste line 
        replacement, Richland, Washington, $6,700,000.
            Project 93-D-182, replacement of cross-site transfer 
        system, Richland, Washington, $6,500,000.
            Project 93-D-183, multi-function waste remediation 
        facility, Richland, Washington, $52,615,000.
            Project 93-D-184, 325 facility compliance/renovation, 
        Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington, $3,500,000.
            Project 93-D-185, landlord program safety compliance, Phase 
        II, Richland, Washington, $1,351,000.
            Project 93-D-187, high-level waste removal from filled 
        waste tanks, Savannah River, South Carolina, $13,230,000.
            Project 93-D-188, new sanitary landfill, Savannah River, 
        South Carolina, $1,020,000.
            Project 92-D-125, master safeguards and security agreement/
        materials surveillance task force security upgrades, Rocky 
        Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado, $3,900,000.
            Project 92-D-172, hazardous waste treatment and processing 
        facility, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $300,000.
            Project 92-D-173, NO<INF>x abatement facility, Idaho 
        Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho National Engineering 
        Laboratory, Idaho, $10,000,000.
            Project 92-D-177, tank 101-AZ waste retrieval system, 
        Richland, Washington, $7,000,000.
            Project 92-D-181, fire and safety improvements, Idaho 
        National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $5,000,000.
            Project 92-D-182, sewer system upgrade, Idaho National 
        Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $1,450,000.
            Project 92-D-183, transportation complex, Idaho National 
        Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $7,198,000.
            Project 92-D-184, Hanford infrastructure underground 
        storage tanks, Richland, Washington, $300,000.
            Project 92-D-186, steam system rehabilitation, Phase II, 
        Richland, Washington, $4,300,000.
            Project 92-D-187, 300 area electrical distribution 
        conversion and safety improvements, Phase II, Richland, 
        Washington, $10,276,000.
            Project 92-D-188, waste management environment, safety and 
        health, and compliance activities, various locations, 
        $8,568,000.
            Project 92-D-403, tank upgrade project, Lawrence Livermore 
        National Laboratory, California, $3,888,000.
            Project 91-D-171, waste receiving and processing facility, 
        module 1, Richland, Washington, $17,700,000.
            Project 91-D-175, 300 area electrical distribution, 
        conversion, and safety improvements, Phase I, Richland, 
        Washington, $1,500,000.
            Project 90-D-172, aging waste transfer line, Richland, 
        Washington, $5,600,000.
            Project 90-D-175, landlord program safety compliance Phase 
        I, Richland, Washington, $1,800,000.
            Project 90-D-177, RWMC transuranic waste characterization 
        and storage facility, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 
        Idaho, $21,700,000.
            Project 89-D-172, Hanford environmental compliance, 
        Richland, Washington, $11,700,000.
            Project 89-D-173, tank farm ventilation upgrade, Richland, 
        Washington, $1,800,000.
            Project 89-D-174, replacement high-level waste evaporator, 
        Savannah River, South Carolina, $23,974,000.
            Project 89-D-175, hazardous waste/mixed waste disposal 
        facility, Savannah River, South Carolina, $7,000,000.
            Project 88-D-173, Hanford waste vitrification plant, 
        Richland, Washington, $85,000,000.
            Project 87-D-181, diversion box and pump pit containment 
        buildings, Savannah River, South Carolina, $2,137,000.
            Project 86-D-103, decontamination and waste treatment 
        facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
        California, $10,260,000.
            Project 83-D-148, non-radioactive hazardous waste 
        management, Savannah River, South Carolina, $9,769,000.
            Project 81-T-105, defense waste processing facility, 
        Savannah River, South Carolina, $43,873,000.
    (c) Capital Equipment.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for capital equipment not 
related to construction for environmental restoration and waste 
management activities necessary for national security programs in the 
amount of $203,826,000, to be allocated as follows:
            (1) For corrective activities, $600,000.
            (2) For waste management, $138,781,000.
            (3) For technology development, $29,850,000.
            (4) For transportation management, $400,000.
            (5) For program direction, $9,469,000.
            (6) For facility transition and management, $24,726,000.
    (d) Adjustments.--The total amount authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to this section is the sum of the amounts specified in 
subsections (a) through (c) reduced by $86,600,000 for use of prior 
year balances.

SEC. 103. NUCLEAR MATERIALS SUPPORT AND OTHER DEFENSE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Operating Expenses.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for operating expenses 
incurred in carrying out nuclear materials support and other defense 
programs necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
$2,221,039,000, to be allocated as follows:
            (1) For nuclear materials support, $901,166,000.
            (2) For verification and control technology, $344,741,000.
            (3) For nuclear safeguards and security, $86,246,000.
            (4) For security investigations, $53,335,000.
            (5) For office of security evaluations, $14,961,000.
            (6) For office of nuclear safety, $24,859,000.
            (7) For worker training and adjustment, $100,000,000.
            (8) For naval reactors, including enrichment materials, 
        $695,731,000.
    (b) Plant Projects.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for plant projects (including 
maintenance, restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, 
modification of facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized 
in prior years, and land acquisition related thereto) that are 
necessary for national security programs and are associated with 
materials support and other defense programs activities as follows:
            (1) For materials support:
                    Project GPD-146, general plant projects, various 
                locations, $31,760,000.
                    Project 93-D-147, domestic water system upgrade, 
                Phase I, Savannah River, South Carolina, $7,720,000.
                    Project 93-D-148, replace high-level drain lines, 
                Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,800,000.
                    Project 93-D-152, environmental modification for 
                production facilities, Savannah River, South Carolina, 
                $20,000,000.
                    Project 92-D-140, F&H canyon exhaust upgrades, 
                Savannah River, South Carolina, $15,000,000.
                    Project 92-D-142, nuclear material processing 
                training center, Savannah River, South Carolina, 
                $8,900,000.
                    Project 92-D-143, health protection instrument 
                calibration facility, Savannah River, South Carolina, 
                $9,600,000.
                    Project 92-D-150, operations support facilities, 
                Savannah River, South Carolina, $26,900,000.
                    Project 92-D-153, engineering support facility, 
                Savannah River, South Carolina, $9,500,000.
                    Project 90-D-149, plantwide fire protection, Phases 
                I and II, Savannah River, South Carolina, $25,950,000.
                    Project 86-D-149, productivity retention program, 
                Phases I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, various locations, 
                $3,700,000.
            (2) For verification and control technology:
                    Project 90-D-186, center for national security and 
                arms control, Sandia National Laboratories, 
                Albuquerque, New Mexico, $8,515,000.
            (3) For naval reactors development:
                    Project GPN-101, general plant projects, various 
                locations, $7,500,000.
                    Project 93-D-200, engineering services facilities, 
                Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Niskayuna, New York, 
                $7,000,000.
                    Project 92-D-200, laboratories facilities upgrades, 
                various locations, $2,800,000.
                    Project 90-N-102, expended core facility dry cell 
                project, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho, $7,800,000.
    (c) Capital Equipment.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for capital equipment not 
related to construction for nuclear materials support and other defense 
programs necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
$141,833,000, to be allocated as follows:
            (1) For materials support, $75,209,000.
            (2) For verification and control technology, $15,573,000.
            (3) For nuclear safeguards and security, $4,101,000.
            (4) For office of nuclear safety, $50,000.
            (5) For naval reactors, $46,900,000.
    (d) Adjustments.--The total amount authorized that may be 
appropriated pursuant to this section is the sum of the amounts 
specified in subsections (a) through (c) reduced by--
            (1) $100,000,000 for recovery of overpayment to the 
        Savannah River Pension Fund;
            (2) $251,065,000 for use of prior-year balances, from the 
        Materials Support and Other Defense Programs appropriation;
            (3) $100,067,000 for use of prior-year balances from the 
        New Production Reactor appropriation; and
increased by $58,000,000 for education programs.

SEC. 104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL.

    Funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy 
for fiscal year 1994 for operating expenses incurred in carrying out 
the nuclear waste fund program in the amount of $120,000,000.

                Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions

SEC. 201. REPROGRAMMING.

    (a) Notice to Congress.--(1) Except as otherwise provided in this 
title--
            (A) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
        for any program in excess of the lesser of--
                    (i) 105 percent of the amount authorized for that 
                program by this Act; or
                    (ii) $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized 
                for that program by this Act; and
            (B) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
        for any program which has not been presented to, or requested 
        of, the Congress.
    (2) An action described in paragraph (1) may not be taken until--
            (A) the Secretary of Energy has submitted to the 
        congressional defense committees a report containing a full 
        statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and 
        circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action; 
        and
            (B) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date on which 
        the report is received by the committees.
    (3) In the computation of the thirty-day period under paragraph 
(2), there shall be excluded each day on which either House of Congress 
is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar 
days to a day certain.
    (b) Limitation on Amount Obligated.--In no event may the total 
amount of funds obligated pursuant to this Act exceed the total amount 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act.

SEC. 202. LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy may carry out any 
construction project under the general plant projects provisions 
authorized by this Act if the total estimated cost of the construction 
project does not exceed $2,500,000.
    (b) Report to Congress.--If, at any time during the construction of 
any general plant project authorized by this Act, the estimated cost of 
the project is revised because of unforeseen cost variations and the 
revised cost of the project exceeds $2,500,000, the Secretary shall 
immediately furnish a complete report to the congressional defense 
committees explaining the reasons for the cost variation.

SEC. 203. LIMITS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), construction on a 
        construction project may not be started or additional 
        obligations incurred in connection with the project above the 
        total estimated cost, whenever the current estimated cost of 
        the construction project, which is authorized by sections 101, 
        102, and 103 of this Act, or which is in support of national 
        security programs of the Department of Energy and was 
        authorized by any previous Act, exceeds by more than 25 percent 
        the higher of--
                    (A) the amount authorized for the project; or
                    (B) the amount of the total estimated cost for the 
                project as shown in the most recent budget 
                justification data submitted to Congress.
            (2) An action described in paragraph (1) may be taken if--
                    (A) the Secretary of Energy has submitted to the 
                congressional defense committees a report on the 
                actions and the circumstances making such actions 
                necessary; and
                    (B) a period of thirty days has elapsed after the 
                date on which the report is received by the committees.
            (3) In the computation of the thirty-day period under 
        paragraph (2), there shall be excluded each day on which either 
        House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment 
        of more than three calendar days to a day certain.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any construction 
project which has a current estimated cost of less than $5,000,000.

SEC. 204. FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

    Funds appropriated pursuant to subtitles A and B of this Act may be 
transferred to other agencies of the Government for the performance of 
the work for which the funds were appropriated, and funds so 
transferred may be merged with the appropriations of the agency to 
which the funds are transferred.

SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Within the amounts authorized by this Act for plant 
        engineering and design, the Secretary of Energy may carry out 
        advance planning and construction design (including 
        architectural and engineering services) in connection with any 
        proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for 
        such planning and design does not exceed $2,000,000.
            (2) In the case of any project in which the total estimated 
        cost for advance planning and design exceeds $500,000, the 
        Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees in 
        writing of the details of such project at least thirty days 
        before any funds are obligated for design services for such 
        project.
    (b) Specific Authority Required.--In any case in which the total 
estimated cost for advance planning and construction design in 
connection with any construction project exceeds $2,000,000, funds for 
such planning and design must be specifically authorized by law.

SEC. 206. AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Energy may use any funds available 
to the Department of Energy, including those funds authorized to be 
appropriated for advance planning and construction design under 
sections 101, 102, 103, and 104, to perform planning, design, and 
construction activities for any Department of Energy defense activity 
construction project that, as determined by the Secretary, must proceed 
expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the 
needs of national defense, or protect property.
    (b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not exercise the authority under 
subsection (a) in the case of any construction project until the 
Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the activities that the Secretary intends to carry out under 
this section and the circumstances making such activities necessary.
    (c) Specific Authority.--The requirement of section 205(b) does not 
apply to emergency planning, design, and construction activities 
conducted under this section.
    (d) Report.--The Secretary of Energy shall promptly report to the 
congressional defense committees any exercise of authority under this 
section.

SEC. 207. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

    Subject to the provisions of appropriation Acts and section 201, 
amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for management and support 
activities and for general plant projects are available for use, when 
necessary, in connection with all national security programs of the 
Department of Energy.

SEC. 208. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    When so specified in an appropriation Act, amounts appropriated for 
operating expenses or for plant and capital equipment may remain 
available until expended.

               Subtitle C--Fiscal Year 1995 Authorization

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR 1995.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995 to carry out 
national security programs and environmental restoration and waste 
management programs.

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